Yesterday night I’ve installed my new PSU and one of my new graphics cards. The other one will have to wait, because my current Mobo has a bit of a problem. Guess where the SATA connectors are? Yep, right below the card, which means I either yank out 3 disks or I replace the board if I want to have my new graphics card installed.

This is a big disappointment, but that does not stop me for looking a bit further, it seems that they sell DFI boards at PCFactory. I’ll order a DK 790FXB M2RS which has the SATA ports on the side of the board and has all the nice over clocking features that you only can dream of. It’s just too bad they don’t sell the “H” model, which includes a better heat sink and heat pipe. So I guess a few extra ventilators will have to cool down the system.

Besides this, the new PSU does an outstanding job, as well as my new card. I’ve tried Call of Duty 5 and with everything maxed out, it simply runs fluently. One word: Fantastic!

So this board will be my new one:

Time to place another order… board number 4. (One ECS died after 8 months of use, 2 are still in service but one is replaced because of this mess.)

Update: Since this board doesn’t have a heat pipe, and the cooling is kind of important when you’re working with a 3 Ghz processor and 2 huge video cards, I’m still looking a bit further so see if there are some alternatives.

Friday, May 29, 2009 9:41:39 PM (Pacific SA Standard Time, UTC-04:00)      Comments [0]